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12-01-2006

Shift Trick for Selecting a Range of Text

I recently learned a new trick in OS X for selecting text. Apple Matters had a post on 20 Useful OS X Tips that included the following:

To select a block of text, click the start position, then Shift-click the end position. Significantly, this doesn’t just work in editing applications like Word where you might be already doing it anyway, but it also works with non-editable text, such as a webpage in Safari.

As an added bonus, the same technique works in Windows applications as well.

I should have known that one, since the same trick is used to select a range of items in a list. Still, it was news to me that you could use it to select text. You learn something new every day.

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